Super Survivor’s Nightmare Becomes Reality
Kara Pecoraro woke up panicky from a vivid nightmare. In it, she needed to see a doctor, but no one was willing to take her to one. When she awoke that night in mid-February 2016, the New Berlin mom and…
Kara Pecoraro woke up panicky from a vivid nightmare. In it, she needed to see a doctor, but no one was willing to take her to one. When she awoke that night in mid-February 2016, the New Berlin mom and…
The back to school season means homework to complete, lunches to make, extracurricular activities to schedule and sometimes–much to the dismay of parents everywhere–head lice to combat. “It’s the dread of all parents,” said Jennifer Snyder, MD, and pediatrician with…
The minute she saw the umbrella, she knew. They had been acquaintances for a long time. Both were from small-town Virden; He was just one year ahead in school. Their kids went to the same daycare. She saw him almost…
College can be an exciting time for students–a fresh start, new friends, redefining yourself–but it also can be a very overwhelming and stressful time, too. With 75 percent of all mental health conditions beginning by the age of 24 and…
Facing cancer wasn’t the hardest thing Jennie Creswell ever had to do. Telling her then sixth-grade son, Harrison, that she had been diagnosed with cancer was. Her son’s first words nine years ago when he heard the news still make…